Stirrup-leather fastener for saddles



UNITED sraias Param. orner."

vcminnncii B. sET'rLEs', or MARTINSDALE, MONTANA.

STIRRUP-LEATHER FASTENER FOR SADDLES.

Application led May 24, 1919.

To all whom z' may concern:

Be it known that I, CLARENCE B. SE'rrLns, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Martinsdale, in the county of Meagher and State of Montana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Stirru Leather Fasteners for Saddles, of which t e following is a specification.

This invention relates to an improvement in stirrup leather fasteners, and one of the principal objects of the invention is to provide an improved fastener for use particularly in connection with wide leathers found commonly on stock saddles for quickly and adjustably connecting the ends of the stirrup leathers, thereby doing away with the use of the leather strings or laces heretofore employed for this pur ose.

A further object o the invention is to provide an improved fastener of the class described which will be extremely simple, durable, eflicient in operation and inexpensive to manufacture.

With these and other objects in view, which will become apparent as the descrip-l tion proceeds, the invention resides in the construction, combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter more fully described and claimed, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which like characters of reference indicate like parts throughout the several figures of which:

Figure l represents an elevational view of a saddle equipped with a stirrup leather fastener constructed according to my invention.

Fig. 2 represents a longitudinally sectional view taken through the fastener showing the position of the strap ends with respect to the fastener, and

Fig. 3 represents a viewftaken in perspective of a fastener constructed according to my invention.

The fastener, which may be made of any suitable metal, includes the body plates 1 and 2, offset one with respect to the other and arranged in parallel relation, said plates being connected by an inclined tongue 3 provided with a central opening 4 through which the two ends of the stirrup leather may ass. y

Each of the body lates is over-turned at its outer end towar the other plate as at 5, and these over-turned ends lie in parallel relation to each other, each at an obtuse angle Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 11,1921. serial No. 299,495.

with respect to its plate. The over-turned ends are provided with openings 6 which aline with the central opening 4 and thereby form guide loops each of which is adapted to receive and guide one of the ends of the stirrup leather during the process of fastenin@ these ends together.

rejecting inwardly from each of the plates and positioned intermediate the ends thereof, is a pair of lugs or tits 7 adapted to engage in eyes or openings in the leather and thereby prevent accidental withdrawal of the ends of the leather from the fastener.

In operation, when it is desired to connect the ends of the stirrup leather together, one of these ends is passed through the guide loop or eye 5 formed on the plate 2, it is then passed through the opening 4, and engaged over the lugs or tits 7 and then the other end of the strap is passed through the opposite guide loop provided on the plate l, and then passed through the opening 4 and similarly engaged on the lugs carried by the plate 1. rlhe first mentioned strap end is passed through loop of the plate 1 and engaged over the lugs carried by that plate, and similarly the opposite end of the strap is passed through the guide loop on the plate 2 and engaged over the lugs on that plate. In this manner the ends of the leather or strap are positively held against displacement one with respect to the other. At the same time adjustments may be readily and quickly made. One of the advantages of the fastener is that it may be adjusted vertically vwith respect to the strap and thereby be moved into a position where it will not interfere with the knee of the rider. This adjustment of the fastener may be made without disturbing the set of the stirrup leather.

Although I have described the preferred embodiment of my invention, Il may desire to make such changes in the construction, combination and arrangement of parts thereof as do not depart from the spirit of the invention and the scope of the appended claim.

I claim A pressed metal article of manufacture comprising an elongated sheet metal body having its intermediate portion offset thereby forming a pair of plates lying in s aced parallel planes, the offset portion o said body being inclined and provided with anv elongated opening, the outer end portions of said spaced plates being formed with loops eYtended angularly in parallel planes and formed with elongated openings, all of said openings being in alinement, the loop of each plate having its terminal in the plane CLARENCE B. sETTLEs. 

